trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
fireball; bolide; fireball
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
reaching; attaining; arrival
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
square formation (of troops); magic square
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
sea of fire; sea of flame
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
right in the midst of; right at the height of
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
just a handful; only a small number (of)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid